FOR DALE

There's a sad and lonesome feeling 'round the old home place tonight
As the night time shadows gather round the fires fading light
While the old clock counts the hours since the day you went away
And your old chair sits a-waiting till you're home again to stay

Are the fields there so much greener than the fields that once you knew?
Do the flowers smell much sweeter?Are the skies a deeper blue?
Do you ever stop and listen for the spot where robins sing
In the trees down by the river in these early days of spring?

But Dear one we'll not forget you though you far away do roam
For the mem'ry of your footstep tiptoes 'oer the fields of home
And it seems I hear your whisper floating by me in the breeze
While the echos of your laughter lingers yet beneath the trees

Are you lonely for the home place now that you're across the sea?
For this land of lakes and rivers that's been home to you and me?
If your new friends ever doubt you,ever cause you too much pain
Just remember we're still waiting till you come back home again



THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY MY LATE AUNT FOR HER BROTHER(MY LATE UNCLE)WHO
WAS IN THE ARMY,WHO HAD DIED AT 17 IN HOLLAND,MANY YEARS AGO.I THOUGHT
I'D SHARE IT WITH YOU SINCE THERE ARE STILL LOVED ONES WHO ARE FIGHTING
IN WARS AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE TO WAR.

That is one that grabs the heart thinking of all of
the troops so far away from home'

I wish them all a safe return!!

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS ONE!